Describes the responsibilities and goals of the Director of Undergraduate Studies of the Sociology Department at the University of Kentucky. Emphasizes the importance of advising, liaison activities, curriculum development, and support of good teaching. Contends that the program is a successful approach to increasing enrollments and furthers the…

Proposed is a model for initiating curriculum change. Presented are four broad decision areas to be considered when contemplating curriculum changes including: scientific literacy, instructional organization, instructional methodology, and practical decisions. A sequential decision making chart is included. (SL)

Membership appeal for Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. (DS)

Author predicts longer degree programs in the future. (HS)

The authors have attempted to outline in the form of model methodology the most effective way for implementing an overall drug curriculum in the existing school structure. (Author)

Aspects which comprise an evolving feminist pedagogy are illustrated through statements made about feminist and curriculum theories. The feminist pedagogy will emerge as females break through boundaries of silence and conceptions of themselves as powerless within the classroom. (CJ)

Discusses the development of a minicourse approach in which three aspects of design and implementation are based on educational technology: a systems approach to curriculum development, application of behavioral theory, and stimulus response chains which are organized as linear sequences of input-process-output cycles linked by feedback loops.…

Presents the application of curriculum revision at Wesleyan College, a small single-gender nationally-recognized liberal arts college in central Georgia. Reexamines the communication major in terms of its scope and function on campus. Discusses problems encountered in the curriculum revision process. Submits this account to serve both as a guide…

Community and culture significantly influence value orientation, perceived needs, and motivation as well as provide the ground for creating shared understanding. All disciplines have their own cultures, and all cultures evolve through cross-cultural exchanges. The computing community has created and documented a sound body of knowledge of…

Article focused on the business curriculum and what has been done to provide the student with a basic business and economic education and with occupational training. (Author/RK)

This article examines how the social sciences should provide the foundation upon which educators can modify old curricula to achieve a humanistic curriculum. Emphasis is placed upon the fact that social science disciplines have a common denominator of man which is readily adaptable to humanistic education. (DE)

The final report of a conference concerning adult basic education de Adultos en el Marco de la REDALF del related to innovative projects in adult education in nine countries. A wide spectrum of issues related to adult basic education, curriculum, methodology, evaluation, and research are analyzed in the context of educational planning. Among the…